que aquæ .ex ore profluitj :ut ftatim- nielius habeant pCcora et
prorfus\ftnvalefcant. Alii-pro remedio in pharmacopoliis; .emunt
racKcem tormentilfee pq plerique itamen et .pens omnes oflibus. ac-
qmefcûnt. Videtiir (qùia • naftici rationem > mijlam dare Sciünt )
quod pecora plerumqué primo Vere, tçrrâ adhiiC humorihus rriirui»
foeta, ex hoc gramme præcoci ftantam m fe humiditatem Super*
fluam fbfbeant et dévorent,. que. deinde per oflà: exficcari dphp«-,
Unicuique tamen fuum rclmque judicium.’' -That according to
this learned gentleman’s Opinion,:, the bones of the cows are mollified
by. nothing but thp extreme moifture of this grafs,r,j& wljat
I muft join with Simon Paulli in doubting ; yet, I cannot .poffi-
tively aflènt to the. opinion of the latter, f that the foil where this
plant grows .muft c o n t a i n I f a d , pip, and that
it is ;the mercurial fpirit : insinuated into tdiip pjant, which thus'
corrode and diflblves thp bones. But, others xpa^.fprm a better
judgment, .of ; the matter than I can.
-1 : A m o n g . t h * S ; c j a i i ; rarvkrd
Iglégràfspj the pêa&nts in^many places are yery; app^dbjenliyjepf.the
mifehiefs of this plant, eSpecially in the
fiord* .wJitoarthey fpare nopains to.ple^^eh^eadowstgfàh, g f
ife.qp^tÉS.i^the,fheep;'and*’g09È8, by a violent ipafinus or c$n-
traâion,. of which they die
Shooting up a .kin d, of bufh of thick ftems, or twigs
narrow, oblong,- and indented, with; end, of
thé ftems, which>abont .harveft p ro d ^
the bignefs 'of a pea, containing the^fged, .and Sometimes
found full of wprms and other i n f e c t s . . a x o l d ,
watery foil»; I haye?:cjbmpared it. with; lèyeial; .figures,, and . find
that it has Some aflinity with the Anemone;. Bkewife,, according
to Lonicer’s description of it, with the Sideritis or ironwort, except
that inftead of white or yellowiSh flowers, it has blue. The
eating of this plant in Sheep and goats, and fometimes, tho’ .Seldom,
in cows, is followed by the Virdfygee, a kindpf yerfig^tfie
Symptom of which is fuch a contraction of - the nerves, towards
one fide, that the neck and head are violently distorted towards
its hind-parts, under which distortion, the beaft continues turning
round till it falls, and loon after dies. Sometimes, though not
often, a Sheep is Saved By opening a vein ip the neck, vyhereby
3 . ■ the
the head is reftored to its natural pofition. The relief for a ram
or a cow (ijr t& perforate :£t£ horns,' ftpm whence a purulent
matter i flues. |?
Another kind of noxious plant is known under. the. name of
Tifrgjrafi,' fthich is‘ probably derived from its efie&,r the word
Signifying the magic, ’or bewitching grafs; it confiftsfof bag thin
Stalks, extending themSelyes-upon the ground* with little roundiSh
Mves'about the bignefs' of a DaniSh-Shillihg, in other reSpe<fts
like mbufe-^&r. ' This plant affe&s horfes arid1 pows with rih-
iifual;"tbrporj oir-akmd of lethargy, fo that the moft fpettfeSbm
hbtrb immediately hangs his head, arid becomes fo dull and tractable;
as to*be* niahaged’ at will. It is a f knbwu'pfa&iGe among
jockeys, when riding together to a fair, To watch ‘an opportunity
of ‘Conveying Some Toulgrafs into the mouth of another’s hbtib,
if bechances to be fo mpeh preferable as to prgudiee the fafe of
dfe lhti&rfl The refottreb of the peafants againft this diftemp^rf
and bthfers incident ftvhorfes and cattle,'"is either ;0r a
piece' of rin’acfderj' put into dough, and thrufl: down the throat
bfthfe be’aft. Ifit4 1 Tlije ^ddix’s-heady but Shine bthef'parirT
then the adder muft be killed before midfummer, and be fet apart
fatthisaiSb;'
. In‘?b% i'T ^ fsyj particularly in Hardanger, :the mountains;prri-rHate«. bs;
dried a plant hot unlike rue, but with fewer leaves, calledTorboc c‘
likeWife Hefte-Spririg (the horfe-plant) frbm its particular fatality
to horfes, and it lis only in extreme hunger that they wfll toucK
ft. Upon the firft lyfhjitoms of having eat any of it, a fftorig
purgeofyeaft, or ^riy other cathartic,igenerally rdieves them,.pt
hkbwife violent exercife, to breath them 1 without this relief, they
are immediately Seized with a prodi^ous Swelling in theif hefty •
^ d a kind of lethargy. This herb, which is flatten! M m
higheft degree, is nb wife detrimental to cbvref Sli%yof ofh'er^m?
minative cattle, as in chewing their feeder they draw in the air.
^ ere 1S. fl1 Vaas a plant .called Turte, .and ftom the little difler-
' e»ce of the name,
poor creatures are often mifufed by the ipconfiderate peafants^ I
^as inclined to think it the fame as the former;. bqt'bCmh vSiy
well acquainted with the Torboe, having an ex^Ct draughfbf'it
I find no manner of refemblance betwixt it and ihe T u S wliitS Wm ■ M m -has